Premières given by The Nash Ensemble
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| Michael Alcorn | Wind Quintet | WP | Oct 90 |
| Julian Anderson | Poetry Nearing Silence | WP* | Mar 97 |
| Julian Anderson | Prayer | WP | Mar 09 |
| Julian Anderson | Towards Poetry | 1st CP* | Mar 99 |
| Simon Bainbridge | Four Primo Levi Settings | WP | July 96 |
| Simon Bainbridge | Voicing | WP* | Jun 82 |
| Rupert Bawden | Donkey Dances | WP* | Mar 96 |
| Rupert Bawden | Ultima Scena | WP* | Aug 89 |
| Rupert Bawden | Wanderjahr | WP* | Jul 90 |
| Sally Beamish | Between Earth and Sea | WP* | Mar 97 |
| Sally Beamish | Madragali | WP* | Feb 95 |
| David Bedford | The ones who walked away from Omelas | WP* | Jan 77 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Book of Hours | WP* | Sep 91 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Commedia III | WP* | Feb 73 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Five Sonnets of Louise Labe | LP* | May 86 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Oboe Quartet | LP | Mar 76 |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | Sonata after Syrinx | LP* | May 86 |
| Michael Berkeley | Chamber Symphony | WP | Aug 80 |
| Michael Berkeley | Gethsemane | WP | May 03 |
| Michael Berkeley | Musical Chairs | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Michael Berkeley | Three Rilke Sonnets | WP* | Mar 11 |
| Michael Berkeley | Piano Quintet | WP* | Mar 09 |
| Michael Berkeley | Winter Fragments | WP* | Mar 96 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Cantus Iambeus | WP | Mar 05 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Clarinet Quintet | LP | Jul 82 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Crescent Moon over the Irrational | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Fantasio upon All the Notes | WP* | Mar 12 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Nine Settings of Celan | WP* | Mar 00 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Oboe Quartet | WP* | Mar 10 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | Passing Measures | WP* | Mar 05 |
| Harrison Birtwistle | The Woman and the Hare | WP* | Mar 99 |
| Robin Black | In Paradisum | WP | Oct 69 |
| Denys Bouliane | Comme un silence entr’ouvert | UKP | Oct 87 |
| Martin Bresnick | Opera della Musica Povera | EUP* | Apr 94 |
| Martin Bresnick | Piano Trio | UKP | Jul 89 |
| Benjamin Britten | Britten’s Blues arr. Runswick | LP | Mar 93 |
| Benjamin Britten | Introduction and Allegro | WP | Nov 86 |
| Benjamin Britten | The Sword in the Stone Suite | LP | Mar 93 |
| Christopher Brown | Chamber Dances | WP* | Apr 82 |
| Christopher Brown | Divertimento | LP* | Nov 70 |
| Christopher Brown | The Snows of Winter | WP* | Nov 71 |
| John Buller | Of Three Shakespeare Sonnets | WP* | Jun 85 |
| John Buller | The Cave | WP | Nov 70 |
| Geoffrey Burgon | Chamber Dances | WP | Apr 82 |
| Howard Burrell | Variants | LP | Oct 69 |
| Elliott Carter | Gra | UKP | Apr 94 |
| Elliott Carter | Mosaic | WP* | Mar 05 |
| Elliott Carter | Oboe Quartet | UKP | Mar 03 |
| Elliott Carter | Poems of Louis Zukovsky | WP* | Mar 10 |
| Elliott Carter | Syringa | LP | Apr 80 |
| John Casken | Infanta Marina | WP* | Mar 94 |
| Richard Causton | Notturno | WP* | Apr 98 |
| Richard Causton | Rituals of Hunting and Blooding | WP* | Mar 00 |
| John Cheshire | Piece | WP | Oct 69 |
| Jonathan Cole | Scrawling Out | WP* | Mar 06 |
| David Collins | Clarinet Quintet | WP | Oct 87 |
| Justin Connolly | Sestina | WP* | May 72 |
| Justin Connolly | Triad V | WP | Feb 71 |
| John Cooney | Undertow | WP* | Feb 97 |
| Gordon Crosse | Oboe Quintet | WP | Dec 88 |
| Gordon Crosse | The World Within | WP* | Apr 77 |
| Gordon Crosse | Three Inventions | WP* | Jan 66 |
| Gordon Crosse | Wildboy | WP* | Feb 78 |
| George Crumb | Idyll for the Misbegotten | UKP | Jun 88 |
| Martin Dalby | Octet | WP* | Jun 81 |
| Martin Dalby | Man Walking | WP* | Jun 81 |
| Martin Dalby | Whisper Music | WP* | May 71 |
| Claude Debussy | La Boîte a joujoux arr. Merion Bowen | WP* | Feb 99 |
| Claude Debussy | Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé arr. Colin Matthews | WP* | Mar 99 |
| Edison Denisov | Dedicace | WP* | Feb 92 |
| David Dennis | Sextet | WP | Oct 69 |
| Peter Dickinson | Larkins Jazz | WP | Feb 90 |
| Zsolt Durko | Impromptus in F | WP* | Jun 84 |
| Zsolt Durko | Three English Verses | WP* | Sep 91 |
| Henri Dutilleux | Dyptique 'Les Citations' | LP | Sep 92 |
| Petr Eben | Piano Quintet | WP* | Feb 92 |
| David Ellis | Sequentia | WP* | May 66 |
| David Ellis | Wind Quintet | WP* | May 67 |
| Alvin Etler | Suite | UKP | Jan 65 |
| Silvio Ferraz | The Children who stopped time | WP | Aug 94 |
| Michael Finnissy | Goro | WP | May 79 |
| Michael Finnissy | Sir Tristran | WP* | Feb 78 |
| Michael Finnissy | The Cry of Zephaniah | WP | Dec 92 |
| Elena Firsova | Before the Thunderstorm | WP* | Mar 95 |
| Elena Firsova | Earthly Life | WP* | Nov 86 |
| Elena Firsova | Forest Walks | WP* | Jun 88 |
| Elena Firsova | Music for 12 | UKP* | Jun 90 |
| Elena Firsova | Odyssey | UKP* | Feb 92 |
| Elena Firsova | Piano Sonata | UKP | Jun 89 |
| Sebastian Forbes | Concertante | LP* | Oct 69 |
| Sebastian Forbes | Partita | WP* | Feb 76 |
| Sebastian Forbes | Serenade | WP* | Nov 70 |
| Sebastian Forbes | Serenade for 8 | WP* | Sep 79 |
| Lukas Foss | Cave of the wind | EUP | Aug 76 |
| Erika Fox | Eight Songs from Cavafy | WP | Nov 70 |
| Jean Francaix | Quintet No 2 | UKP | Jul 93 |
| Roberto Gerhard | Songs from Schahrazada arr. Bowen | WP* | Mar 94 |
| Alexander Goehr | ... around Stravinsky | WP* | Mar 02 |
| Alexander Goehr | Clarinet Quintet Op.79 | WP | Mar 08 |
| Alexander Goehr | Five Objects Darkly Op 62 | UKP | Mar 98 |
| Alexander Goehr | Largo Siciliano for piano, horn & violin | WP* | Jul 12 |
| Larry Goves | i wear you on my sleeve | WP* | Feb 03 |
| Francis Grier | The Cry of Mary | WP | Dec 92 |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | Homage a T.S.Eliot | UKP | Jun 88 |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | Zwei Lieder | UKP | Jun 90 |
| John Harbison | Variations | UKP | Apr 94 |
| Simon Harris | Concerto da Camera | WP* | Jan 66 |
| Simon Harris | Musica Mennipea | WP* | May 66 |
| Jonty Harrison | Farben | WP | Jul 87 |
| Jonathan Harvey | Lotuses | WP* | Sep 92 |
| Jonathan Harvey | Scena | UKP | May 95 |
| Jonathan Harvey | Tendril | WP* | Jun 87 |
| Christopher Headington | Horn Trio | WP | Feb 94 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Adagio Adagio | UKP | Sep 94 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Drei Lieder uber den Schnee | UKP | Sep 94 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Five Neapolitan Songs | UKP | Mar 01 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Quintetto | EUP | Sep 94 |
| Hans Werner Henze | Songs and Dances from the Operetta 'La Cubana' | UKP | Sep 94 |
| Robin Holloway | Concertino No 5 | WP* | Sep 91 |
| Robin Holloway | Divertimento No 3 | 1st PP | Jun 82 |
| Robin Holloway | Serenade in C | WP* | Mar 79 |
| Robin Holloway | Serenade in E flat | WP* | Jun 85 |
| Robin Holloway | Spring Music | WP* | Oct 03 |
| Gustav Holst | Wind Quintet | WP | Sep 82 |
| Simon Holt | ...era madrugada | WP* | May 84 |
| Simon Holt | 4 Quarters | LP* rev | Mar 07 |
| Simon Holt | A Song of Crocuses & Lightning | WPrev | Mar 02 |
| Simon Holt | all fall down | WP* | Feb 94 |
| Simon Holt | Canciones | WP* | Jun 86 |
| Simon Holt | Capriccio Spettrale | UKP | Jun 89 |
| Simon Holt | fugaz | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Simon Holt | Shadow Realm | WP | Sep 82 |
| Simon Holt | Sparrow Night | WP* | Mar 90 |
| Simon Holt | the other side of silence | WP* | Jul 04 |
| Simon Holt | The Torturer's Horse | WP* | Mar 11 |
| John Hopkins | Cantilever | WP | Jul 82 |
| David Horne | Life's Splinters | WP* | Mar 07 |
| David Horne | Splintered Instruments | WP* | Feb 05 |
| Wilfred Josephs | Adam and Eve | WP* | Feb 68 |
| John Joubert | The Secret Muse | WP | Dec 93 |
| Paul Kellett | Pascal’s Triangle | WP* | Sep 92 |
| Gordon Kerry | Blue Latitudes | WP* | Jan 00 |
| Oliver Knussen | Cantata | WP | Sep 79 |
| George Koumentakis | Concertino | WP | Nov 02 |
| Gyorgy Kurtag | Herdecker Eurythmie | EUP | Mar 94 |
| Nicola LeFanu | Deva | WP | Mar 79 |
| Malcolm Lipkin | Clifford’s Tower | WP* | Jul 80 |
| Malcolm Lipkin | Wind Quintet | WP | Jul 86 |
| Vasily Lobanov | Flute Sonata | UKP | Jun 88 |
| James MacMillan | Horn Quintet | WP* | Jul 07 |
| James MacMillan | Raising Sparks | WP* | Oct 97 |
| Edward Maguire | String Trio | WP | Jun 86 |
| Colin Matthews | 23 Frames for 4 Players | WP* | Feb 95 |
| Colin Matthews | A voice to wake... | WP* | Mar 05 |
| Colin Matthews | Hidden Variables | LP* | Jun 89 |
| Colin Matthews | LXX | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Colin Matthews | Night’s Mask | LP* | Jul 90 |
| Colin Matthews | Piano Quartet | WP* | Feb 90 |
| Colin Matthews | The Great Journey | WP* | Jun 88 |
| Colin Matthews | The Island | WP | Mar 08 |
| David Matthews | Arr. of Delius 2 Pieces for small orchestra | WP* | Jul 93 |
| David Matthews | Clarinet Quartet | WP* | Jun 84 |
| David Matthews | Happy Returns | WP* | Nov 96 |
| David Matthews | Horn Quintet | WP* | Mar 11 |
| David Matthews | In Valleys Green and Still | WP* | Nov 10 |
| David Matthews | Marina | LP* | Jun 89 |
| David Matthews | String Trio No.1 | WP* | Dec 89 |
| David Matthews | Terrible Beauty | WP* | Mar 07 |
| David Matthews | The Sleeping Lord | WP* | May 92 |
| David Matthews | Winter Passions | WP | Jul 99 |
| Nicholas Maw | Flute Quartet | WP* | May 81 |
| Nicholas Maw | Ghost Dances | EP* | Jun 88 |
| Nicholas Maw | La Vita Nuova | WP* | Sep 79 |
| Nicholas Maw | Roman Canticle | WP* | Nov 89 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Mishkenot | WP | May 88 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Nocturne No.2 | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | Seven Skies of Winter | WP* | Jun 04 |
| Peter Maxwell Davies | The Last Island | WP* | Oct 09 |
| David McBride | Clarinet Quintet | WP | Jan 77 |
| John McCabe | Time Remembered | WP | Oct 73 |
| Dominic Muldowney | Piano Trio | WP | May 82 |
| Detlev Müller-Siemens | Pavane | WP* | Jun 86 |
| Detlev Müller-Siemens | Sextet | WP* | Mar 94 |
| Tristan Murail | Vues aeriennes | WP* | Dec 88 |
| Peter-Paul Nash | Leaving Without Trace | WP | Mar 98 |
| Peter Paul Nash | Sextet | WP* | Oct 87 |
| Alasdair Nicolson | The Stamping Ground | WP* | Jun 06 |
| Anders Nordentoft | Hymne | WP* | Mar 96 |
| Per Norgard | Scintillation | WP* | Mar 94 |
| Michael Nyman | Introduction & Allegro Concertato | WP* | Jan 65 |
| Nigel Osborne | Fantasia | WP* | May 83 |
| Nigel Osborne | Mythologies | WP* | Jun 80 |
| Nigel Osborne | Zone | WP* | Oct 89 |
| Jim Parker | La Comédie Humaine | WP* | Dec 90 |
| Paul Patterson | At the Still Point of the Turning World | WP* | Feb 80 |
| Paul Patterson | Wind Quintet | WP* | Aug 67 |
| Anthony Payne | Empty Landscape - Heart’s Ease | WP* | Mar 95 |
| Anthony Payne | A Sea Change | WP* | Jun 88 |
| Anthony Payne | The Stones and Lonely Places Sing | WP* | Sep 79 |
| Anthony Payne | The World’s Winter | WP* | Jul 76 |
| Paul Pellay | Concertante | WP* | Sep 91 |
| Patrick Piggott | Candles | WP | May 88 |
| Francis Poulenc | Chamber Opera 'Le Gendarme Incompris' | UKP | Jun 87 |
| Howard Riley | String Trio | WP | Jun 76 |
| David Rowland | Franciscan Rounds | WP | May 77 |
| David Rowland | The Revolving Sphere | WP | Nov 70 |
| Poul Ruders | The Bells | WP* | Mar 94 |
| Daryl Runswick | Zany | WP* | Dec 75 |
| Jan Sandström | Wahlberg Variations | WP* | Mar 96 |
| Satie arr. Muldowney | Sports et Divertissements | WP* | Mar 81 |
| Robert Saxton | A Yardstick to the Stars | WP* | Feb 95 |
| Alfred Schnittke | Dialog | LP | Mar 94 |
| Alfred Schnittke | Piano Quartet | UKP | Jun 89 |
| Roger Sessions | Concertino for Chamber Orchestra | UKP | Nov 76 |
| Roger Smalley | Melody Study II | WP* | May 70 |
| Dmitri Smirnov | Eight Line Poems | WP* | Sep 92 |
| Dmitri Smirnov | Moonlight Story | WP* | Jun 89 |
| Dmitri Smirnov | The Seasons | UKP* | Jun 88 |
| Naresh Sohal | Experiment 2 | WP | Nov 70 |
| Tim Souster | Le Souvenir de Maurice Ravel | WP* | Jun 84 |
| Tim Souster | Sonata | WP | Aug 80 |
| Giles Swayne | A Song for Hadi | WP | May 83 |
| Toru Takemitsu | Quatrain | UKP | Jun 83 |
| John Tavener | Akhmatova Settings | WP* | Mar 95 |
| John Tavener | Lamentation Last Prayer and Exaltation | LP | Jan 79 |
| John Tavener | Requiem for Father Malachy | WP* | Jun 73 |
| John Tavener | Settings of Six Russian Folksongs | WP* | Jan 79 |
| John Tavener | The Gentle Spirit | WP* | Jun 77 |
| Michael Tippett | Suite from The Ice Break arr. Bowen | LP | Mar 99 |
| Michael Tippett | Suite: The Tempest arr. Bowen | WP* | Dec 94 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | A Constant Obsession | WP* | Mar 09 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Amelia's March | WP* | Nov 10 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | An Invention on 'Solitude' | WP* | Apr 98 |
| ark-Anthony Turnage | At Close of Day | WP | May 93 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Bleak Moments | WP* | Mar 06 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Beating about the Bush | WP* | Jun 87 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Cantilena | WP* | Mar 02 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Cortège for Chris | WP* | Apr 98 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Entranced | LP | Jun 83 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Eulogy | WP* | Jul 03 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Her Anxiety | WP* | Sep 92 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Returning | WP* | Jul 07 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Slide Stride | WP* | Jan 03 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Three Farewells | WP* | Jul 90 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Two Baudelaire Songs | WP* | Oct 04 |
| Mark-Anthony Turnage | Vocalise | WP* | Jul 90 |
| Huw Watkins | Horn Trio | WP* | Mar 09 |
| Huw Watkins | Sonata for cello and 8 instruments | WP* | Mar 99 |
| Huw Watkins | Gig | WP* | Feb 05 |
| Michael Blake Watkins | The Magic Shadow-Show | WP | Jul 80 |
| Michael Blake Watkins | Spirit of the Universe | WP | Oct 78 |
| Judith Weir | Airs from another planet | WP* | Oct 86 |
| Malcolm Williamson | Pas de Quatre | UKP* | Oct 68 |
| Malcolm Williamson | Piano Trio | WP | Jul 76 |
| Hugh Wood | Horn Trio | WP | Nov 89 |
| The Nash Ensemble has also taken part in composers' forums including: |
November 1981: BBC Young Composers' Forum performing works by: | Patrick Brandon Mark Griffiths Barry Guy George Nicholson Antony Philpot Julia Usher |
| September 1981: Flanders Festival ISCM World Music Days performing works by: | Gerry Brophy Marc Antonio Consoli Nigel Osborne Colin Matthews Nicholas Maw David Olan Alvin Singleton Tim Souster | |
| BBC Young Musician of the Year 1992 performing works by: | Paul Ayres James Cudderford Daniel Grimley Philip Howard David Knotts Magnus Robb Elliott Tucker Richard Whalley |
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